BBC: THE MIGHTY ONION by Mark Crilley

THE MIGHTY ONION by Mark Crilley, 2024, 9780316490313.

Read in 2025. I'm way behind on entries.

I follow Crilley on Facebook after really enjoying the AKIKO comic book novels. Crilley was also doing some really neat instructional instructional videos on drawing. 

I read one post in July, 2025 he shared about this comic novel and HOLY SHIT! RADCLIFFE AND MACONIE?!

Yeah. I was very surprised he named two characters after one of my absolute favorite BBC 6 Music shows. 

I've been listening to The Radcliffe and Maconie Show for years, so I couldn't resist sneaking in a little shoutout to them in my MIGHTY ONION series. If you live in the UK, you really ought to tune in to their radio show-- it's delightful!

Anyhoo. Middle reader comic novel about a kid, Elliott, who is convinced he has a sure fire hit idea for a comic book hero. Except he cannot draw worth a damn. He looks for a classmate to be his artist and finds Pamela who has plenty of talent.

Story unfolds where the comic is a hit at school, even the teachers enjoy it. But, Elliott wants total control and clashes with Pamela's artistic renderings. Things happen. The partnership fractures until Elliott realizes he was in the wrong. Partnership unifies and returns to super heroeing.

Fun story with epistolary episodes of back-and-forth notes between the two. Also drawn by the two different characters with rough sketchwork of Elliott and skilled art of Pamela.